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WHAT IS TEMPERAMENT ANALYSIS PROFILE (T.A.P.) ?

In 1983, the N.C.C.A. was established as a non-profit corporation for the purpose of conducting research and developing a Scripturally based therapeutic procedure which would: (1) be reasonable easy to learn; (2) save pastors and Christian counselors precious time in their counseling sessions; and (3) produce effective, positive and more immediate results with those being counseled.

During this time of research, the N.C.C.A. worked with more than 5,000 individuals. These were persons who sought counseling for depression, inter/intra-personal conflict, marriage and family dysfunctions and anxiety. The purpose of this reasearch was to: (1) increase the effectiveness of the N.C.C.A.'s therapeutic procedure; (2) measure the percentage of success within a controlled environment; and (3) develop an accurate clinical testing procedure for initial identification of the counselee's temperament.

During this same time, in-depth studies were conducted on all current psychological tests and/or behavioral inventories. For many reasons, the N.C.C.A. selected the FIRO-B, which was developed by Dr. Will Schutz, as its initial measuring device or questionnaire. The N.C.C.A. named its analysis procedure Temperament Analysis Profile (T.A.P.), which helps reveal the "hidden problems" that normally take the counselor seven or eight sessions to identify. Presently, over 3,000 pastors and Christian counselors rely on the T.A.P. to aid them in their counseling efforts. These counselors report an accuracy rate of over ninety percent (90%) in identifying an individuals correct (in-born) temperament.

After a counselee responds to the 54 questions, the counselor sends the responses to the N.C.C.A.'s headquarters in Sarasota, Florida, or to a local state office. A seven or eight page analysis is generated and provided for the counselor. Four different types of reports can be provided: Clinical, Personal, Personnel or Youth.

The T.A.P. report does not measure a person's behavior, it identifies a person's inborn temperament. Who God created us to be (temperament) and who we became (through learned behavior) can be vastly different. We need to find out who we really are and find ways to become the person God wants us to be instead of the person we have learned to become.

The temperament identification provided in the T.A.P. identifies three separate human interactions, Inclusion (social orientation/intellectual energies), Control (decision making abilities or inabilities) and Affection (interaction in deep relationships). It also identifies each one of these interactions in two ways, expressed (what we say we want) and wanted (what we really want).

The N.C.C.A identified a fifth temperament. Traditionally, there have been four temperaments, Melancholy, Sanguine, Choleric and Phlegmatic. The fifth temperament, that was identified by the N.C.C.A. over 14 years ago, is called the Supine. This identification area describes a person who, by their very nature, is a servant and feels that they have little or no value.

The T.A.P. identifies a person's temperament in each one of the three interaction areas. For example, a person may be a Sanguine in the Inclusion (social) area, a Melancholy in control (decision making) area and Supine in Affection (deep relationships) area.

The information that we place in the hands of a counselor is biblical, invaluable and state of the art. The counselor does not have to waste his/her time "boxing in the wind" to search for the problem that is plaguing the counselee. The T.A.P. places this knowledge in the hands of the counselor and it only takes eight minutes for the counselee to respond to the 54 questions.

The T.A.P., which was developed by Drs. Richard and Phyllis Arno, is inexpensive and can save the counselor/counselee about eight counseling sessions because it targets the hidden problems immediately.

Administering the T.A.P. is the first step in the model that is taught by the N.C.C.A.

Dr. Stadheim is a Licensed Temperament Therapist by the National Christian Counselors Association and he would like to help you learn about your temperament and apply these great insights to your "Spiritual Journey."

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